Snapshot: This week in pictures

The Toronto Sun's Dave Abel captured this split-second celebration by Brett Lawrie and Jose Reyes of the Toronto Blue Jays after their win against the Cleveland Indians during MLB action in Toronto, Ont., on Tuesday, May 13. It's no small feat to capture the action when you're sitting through what's otherwise a long and slow-moving game. "Sometimes the quick, fleeting moments are the ones that tell the story of the game," says Abel.

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Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest against the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo May 15, 2014. Road blocks and marches hit Brazilian cities on Thursday as disparate groups criticized spending on the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and sought to revive a call for better public services that swept the country last June. The signs (in red) read: "There will be no World Cup". REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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A member of an Air Force military force perspires behind his shield after anti-government protesters broke into an air force base in Bangkok May 15, 2014. Protesters seeking to oust Thailand's government broke into the grounds of an air force compound on Thursday where the acting prime minister was meeting the Election Commission to fix a date for new polls, forcing him to flee. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj

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The head of a full-scale replica of the Sphinx, which is part of an unfinished theme park that will also accommodate the production of movies, television shows and animation, is seen behind trees on the outskirts of Shijiazhuang, Hebei province May 15, 2014. The replica is a venue of a film studio which is already functioning. The theme park is scheduled to open this October, local media reported. REUTERS/Petar Kujundzic

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A U.S. military helicopter drops water on an approaching wildfire in San Marcos, California May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake

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Norway's goalie Lars Haugen concedes a goal of Slovakia's Juraj Mikus (unseen) during the first period of their men's ice hockey World Championship group A game at Chizhovka Arena in Minsk May 14, 2014. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko

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Sevilla's goalkeeper Beto reacts after stopping a penalty by Benfica's Rodrigo during their Europa League final soccer match at the Juventus stadium in Turin, May 14, 2014. Sevilla won 4-2 on penalties. REUTERS/Tony Gentile

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Artist Kara Walker's installation 'A Subtlety' is sugar-coated with an estimated 40 tons of sugar at the Domino Sugar factory in the Williamsburg section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York May 16, 2014. The sugar-coated sphinx-like figure measures 75.5 feet long, 35.5 feet high and 26 feet wide . REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

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A demonstrator holds up a wastepaper bin during a protest against the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo May, 15 2014. Road blocks and marches hit Brazilian cities on Thursday as disparate groups criticized spending on the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and sought to revive a call for better public services that swept the country last June. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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Military policemen stand in a line behind a demonstrator wearing the figure of a skeleton holding up a trophy representing that of the FIFA World Cup during a protest against the 2014 World Cup, in Sao Paulo May, 15 2014. Road blocks and marches hit Brazilian cities on Thursday as disparate groups criticized spending on the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and sought to revive a call for better public services that swept the country last June. REUTERS/Nacho Doce

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A miner hugs a relative in front of a coal mine site in Soma, a district in Turkey's western province of Manisa May 14, 2014. An explosion and fire in the coal mine in Soma killed at least 151 miners and trapped hundreds more on Tuesday, with the death toll expected to rise in the country's worst mining accident for more than two decades. Energy Minister Taner Yildiz said 787 workers had been in the mine in Soma, around 120 km (75 miles) northeast of the Aegean coastal city of Izmir, when the blast occurred. REUTERS/Osman Orsal

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One of the signs of Spring are the arrival of newborn robins in Grafton, Ont. on Sunday May 11, 2014. Pete Fisher/QMI Agency

Calgary Fire, Police and Bylaw remove dozens of dogs from as home in Acadia in Calgary, Alta. on Tuesday May 13, 2014. Darren Makowichuk/QMI Agency

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Jimmy Page legendary guitar player and member of Led Zeppelin talks about the bands newly mastered renditions of Zeppelins' first three albums in New York city on Wednesday May 14, 2014. Craig Robertson/QMI Agency

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Montreal Impact's Troy Perkins makes a save against Kansas City during MLS action in Montreal on Saturday May 10, 2014. Joel Lemay/QMI Agency

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QMI PHOTOS OF THE WEEK MAY 15 TH - Landon King, 16, gives a heavy hit to an opponent during the Henry Burris Kids' Football Camp at SAIT Polytechnic in Calgary, Alta., on Saturday, May 10, 2014. The camp is part of the annual All-Star Weekend, an annual fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Calgary and area. Lyle Aspinall/Calgary Sun/QMI Agency

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A man and woman relax on the side of the hill at Mooney's Bay Park in Ottawa on a beautiful spring day. May 10, 2014. Errol McGihon/QMI Agency